Door holder



E; E. STROM DOOR HOLDER March 24, 1942.

Filed Nov. 12, 1940 49 [NVENTOR Patented, Mar. 24, 1942 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE DOOR HOLDER Edwin E. Strom, Ely, Minn.

Application November 12, 1940, Serial No. 365,351

1 Claim.

My invention relates to door-holders and has as one of the principalobjects thereof the provision of a door-holder so constructed andarranged whereby th same may be easily and conveniently disposed underthe bottom of a door and in engagement with the floor to secure the dooragainst swinging in either direction.

An important object of my invention is to provide a device of thecharacter described which is simple in construction, durable in use,efiicient in operation and economical in manufacture.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription, appended claim and annexed drawing.

Referring to the drawing wherein like reference characters designatelike parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a door having m invention appliedthereto.

Figure 2 is an end elevation of a door equipped with my invention, thelatter being disposed in non-operative position.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1 but illustrating the invention inoperative position for maintaining the door against swinging.

My novel form of door holder 5 comprises a strip 6 of resilientmaterial, for instance, rubber, and. which has its upper endsecured toone face of a swingable door 1 above the bottom face 8 thereof. Thelower end of the strip 6 extends through and is fixed to a member orball 9 of compressible material, for instance, sponge rubber. The ball 9is normally maintained by said strip slightly above the floor over whichthe door swings.

The upper end of the strip 6 is secured to the door by means of a screwIll and interposed between the screw l0 and the upper strip 6, is areinforcing metallic plate II for clamping the upper end of the strip inappressed relation with the door and to preclude tearing of the stripwith respect to the screw. Subjacent the screw I0, the door is providedwith a staple I2 through which the strip movably extends, said stapleconstituting a guide for maintaining the lower end of the strip againstswinging movement with respect to the door.

In operation, the parts being in the positions illustrated in Figures 1and 2, the door is swung to the approximately desired open positionwhereupon the foot of the operator forces the member 9 downwardly andbetween the bottom face of the door and the fioor and at the same timethe operator moves the door in the direction toward the member 9 therebycompressing the member in a manner to dispose the same under the bottomface of the door wh'ereby the member securely holds the door in thedesired position. To release the door, the foot of the operator isplaced upon the member to hold the same in fixed position with respectto the floor and the door. is then moved in the opposite direction.Thus, the member will assume its decompressed shape upon the release ofthe foot of the operator therefrom as clearly illustrated in Figure 2.

Without further elaboration the foregoing will so fully explain theinvention that others may, by applying current knowledge, readily adaptthe same for use under various conditions of service. Moreover, it isnot indispensable that all the features of the invention be usedconjointly since they may be employed advantageously in variouscombinations and sub-combinations.

It is obvious that the invention is not confined to the herein describeduse therefore as it may be utilized for any purpose to which it isadaptable. It is therefor to be understood that the invention is notlimited to the specific construction as illustrated and described as thesame is only illustrative of the principles of operation, which arecapable of extended application in various forms, and that the inventioncomprehends all construction within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is:

In a holding attachment for a door, an elastic strip adapted to befastened in vertical position to the lower portion of the door, and amember of resilient material easily yieldable to pressure secured to thelower end of the said strip, the said resilient member formed to assumea spherical shape in released inoperative position and compressible to adeformed fiat shape between the bottom of the door and a floor inoperative door holding position.

EDWIN E. STROM.

